SimpleCRIPPLE
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Directv already offers a couple channels. Not sure about others.
Source: I have directv and haven't bothered to add the 4k content because I don't want to uncouple my cable box from my xbox.
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Directv already offers a couple channels. Not sure about others.
Source: I have directv and haven't bothered to add the 4k content because I don't want to uncouple my cable box from my xbox.
Caayn
Member
I'm way past that station and now completely ignore those elements. No matter how many times you give feedback it'll never show anything remotely interesting or useful.
It's a waste of space imo.
I just want LFG and Clubs next to that. Of the game that is currently running.
Alx
Member
I don't think always selecting "show less" would be useful anyway. They probably don't intend to remove it altogether, but prioritize the kind of thing you'd accept on that tile. If everything is a "no", then everything has equal chances of appearing there, and your vote has no effect.
shawnoftheshred
Member
Has anyone come across a type that they'd like in there? So far it's been friend suggestions, Club suggestions, club activity, and telling me what friends are doing. I think I'd much rather them be able to be things like:
- What Favourited friends are doing
- Notifications/Messages
- Twitch streams I'm following that are broadcasting
- News about DLC/updates to games I've played recently
Or new features like being able to add a game to a wishlist and get a message when that game is on sale.
LukasTaves
Member
I had it two times where it showed a friend of mine in a party playing the game I last played (Path of Exile). Really liked that, because I went to the party (ended up not playing with them as we were in very different levels, but found a nice feature.
This feels so much better, 40 pins! And I do like the glow now. Just need to get rid of the giant pin icon on the left of the pins.
Is the video down or am I doing something wrong?
Nm found it on the xbox app. Phone browser doesn't show previous streams?
No fast forward?
Is the video down or am I doing something wrong?
Nm found it on the xbox app. Phone browser doesn't show previous streams?
No fast forward?
shawnoftheshred
Member
Yeah, if the alogirthm could be narrowed down to Favourited Friends and games that I own, that is something I would find useful. So far it's mostly Looking For Groups from people I don't know in games that I don't own (Madden 18), Gamerscore leaderboard and xbox tips like...backwards compatibility. I've clicked "Show Less Like This" a dozen + times on each of those and it seems to just cycle through those options. Really hoping this feature goes a long way from its current state.
SimpleCRIPPLE
Member
Holy shit, the Mixer tab is gone. I only have home, entertainment, and store.
I hope this isn't a bug. F the Mixer tab.
Update: it's back after rebooting.
Damn it.
I hope this isn't a bug. F the Mixer tab.
Update: it's back after rebooting.
Damn it.
arhra
Member
Do you have an external drive? There have been some issues on the recent alpha builds with externals being re-indexed on every boot, which causes the games installed on the external to slowly populate into the installed section as it scans the drive and figures out what's there.
New notifications. Only when idle.
https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxone/comments/6xpxgi/new_xbox_one_notifications_pax_2017/
"Mike Ybarra just announced new features on PAX 2017. Here's New Features Coming:
New Notifications
White Theme
New Game Hub
4 New UI Modes (Light, Dark and High Contrast Mode) Video at https://twitter.com/XboxE3Fans/status/904104552776982528"
https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxone/comments/6xpxgi/new_xbox_one_notifications_pax_2017/
"Mike Ybarra just announced new features on PAX 2017. Here's New Features Coming:
New Notifications
White Theme
New Game Hub
4 New UI Modes (Light, Dark and High Contrast Mode) Video at https://twitter.com/XboxE3Fans/status/904104552776982528"
Pegasus Actual
Member
So this shit got pushed out to me today and let's just say I'm none too pleased.
Why the hell do they constantly redesign their UI? It's just a series of half baked interfaces and I'm getting pretty sick of it.
So OK, you move your guide left and right to switch tabs. That's not too bad I guess. But the home level is now dicking around in the middle. Needless change. Just keep it on the left and let it wrap around to the other side. I'm not feeling going left to get to the Party tab and Friends. Did this shit really need to be re-ordered?
Speaking of going to Party, instead of getting me all my party status when I move over, there's bullshit there. LFG. Whatever. Shit I don't use. Shit I don't care about. I need to be able to get to my party menu quickly because Xbox parties barely work a lot of the time, and I need to see if I or someone else has a fake network error that is really on Microsoft's end. All that empty space and they get rid of the information that I actually want and dump it onto a subscreen.
And the game DVR, jesus christ is that a minefield. They came up with a pretty solid interface. It was actually quick to record one of the time spans they allow you to choose from. Guide button, Back button, pick the thing you want.
Now instead once again you have to go to another fucking menu to get at what you want. My favorite parts is Guide->x is your 30 second recording. Then Guide->Back puts you highlighted on the record 30 second option. Completely redundant. And if you want anything else you need to scroll down to a menu option with a goofy name which I've already forgotten and only then do you get the options you want.
It's like people who don't even use their fucking Xboxes are just coming up with ideas and implementing them at complete random. I just want something that responds quickly, and lets me develop muscle memory for common tasks. Not a yearly "go fuck yourself".
Why the hell do they constantly redesign their UI? It's just a series of half baked interfaces and I'm getting pretty sick of it.
So OK, you move your guide left and right to switch tabs. That's not too bad I guess. But the home level is now dicking around in the middle. Needless change. Just keep it on the left and let it wrap around to the other side. I'm not feeling going left to get to the Party tab and Friends. Did this shit really need to be re-ordered?
Speaking of going to Party, instead of getting me all my party status when I move over, there's bullshit there. LFG. Whatever. Shit I don't use. Shit I don't care about. I need to be able to get to my party menu quickly because Xbox parties barely work a lot of the time, and I need to see if I or someone else has a fake network error that is really on Microsoft's end. All that empty space and they get rid of the information that I actually want and dump it onto a subscreen.
And the game DVR, jesus christ is that a minefield. They came up with a pretty solid interface. It was actually quick to record one of the time spans they allow you to choose from. Guide button, Back button, pick the thing you want.
Now instead once again you have to go to another fucking menu to get at what you want. My favorite parts is Guide->x is your 30 second recording. Then Guide->Back puts you highlighted on the record 30 second option. Completely redundant. And if you want anything else you need to scroll down to a menu option with a goofy name which I've already forgotten and only then do you get the options you want.
It's like people who don't even use their fucking Xboxes are just coming up with ideas and implementing them at complete random. I just want something that responds quickly, and lets me develop muscle memory for common tasks. Not a yearly "go fuck yourself".
Pegasus Actual
Member
I can't get my Xbox to boot without doing a hard reset and unplugging my USB drive, and then plugging it back in once the UI is up. Because making the UI worse isn't enough, apparently they need to break basic functionality!
This schizophrenic bullshit is tempting me to cancel my XBX order.
They do need to make their mind up and settle for a design, and perfect that.
This constantly changing dashboard is terrible for end users.
Go out the preview program then. Or go to Beta. Things can break in the preview program.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Or better depending on the updates, like with the last dashboard removing Snap so it could help improve speed.
It's really not difficult to learn the dashboards after updates.
Um, Alpha builds will break, that's why it's the Alpha build. If this is something that bothers you go on a more stable build.
Pegasus Actual
Member
You would think that, but you know why people like me are in the preview program? Because there have been debilitating problems pretty much since launch and we hope that the preview updates will fix more things than they break. The last big change was certainly an improvement as far as being able to make clips with the GameDVR. I can't Nostradamus it and know exactly which builds are just going to be way worse for no logical reason.Go out the preview program then. Or go to Beta. Things can break in the preview program.
I opted out with this update and went back to the old dash. This one was too much of an asspain change for me.
You should probably wait for all the Alpha/beta etc builds to go out and go through all the weird issues they deal with and wait for retail builds that go out to every system. They tend to be the ones that have worked out issues but MS will forever tweak and alter their OS, so we will never really get a complete.
...You should not be in the early release beta streams for that reason. Those streams are there to break things through testing.
RagingAvatar
Member
Yep, I think I'm having the same issue.
I've not seen any updates auto install for a while.
It's great, because I'm used to put my console into Standby Mode a night before a patch I know of releases and it usually downloads it before I get home. This hasn't worked for quite some time now.
shawnoftheshred
Member
That may be happening to me. I woke up to 4 game updates (Injustice, Battlefield 1, NBA Live demo, Sea Of Thieves Insider Alpha) waiting to be installed.
Steelyuhas
Member
New build tonight (note the timing on the themes):
The Pet of the Month
Member
Yes! Can't wait to try the light theme!
I swear I was getting sick of the pitch black look of all the apps, glad to see I can finally have a nice change of pace!
Really hoping they can add night light from Redstone 2.
I swear I was getting sick of the pitch black look of all the apps, glad to see I can finally have a nice change of pace!
Really hoping they can add night light from Redstone 2.
The Pet of the Month
Member
RichiRamjag
Member
Beta supposed to get it tomorrow, right?
No, I'm pretty sure studies indicate the majority of people prefer dark backgrounds.
Yep. Dark is better for eyes during nighttime gaming as well. Though i will be using the light theme for a bit. I feel like light theme is the last major feature (outside of kb/m) for this update.
speedomodel
Member
Eh, having my shit not work is becoming a drag, think I'm out of the preview program at this point. Too much of a pain when I want to play games and have limited time.
Vegetable Lasagna
Member
It's been getting better with each update. Especially the Guide. Automatic game updates are also broken for me and sometimes my console won't start up unless I unplug the power cable from the back of the console first for a few seconds. Definitely not annoying enough for me to ditch the preview program though. I'm too lazy to buy an optical switcher so I'm always back there plugging in my headphones anyway.
Wouldn't it be cool to have light theme during daytime and dark theme during nighttime?
Should come with f.lux preinstalled.
Dee Dah Dave
Member
I think this new dash can be the best one yet once they have fine tuned it.
Agreed. Certainly needs tweaks etc but the more I use it, the more I like it.
digoutyoursoul
Member
The home screen is getting better. I hope they don't make avatars mandatory though, much prefer my own custom gamerpic.